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gibbon
(gɪbən)
Word forms: plural gibbons
countable noun
A gibbon is an ape with very long arms and no tail that lives in southern Asia.
gibbon in British English
(ˈɡɪbən)
noun
any small agile arboreal anthropoid ape of the genus Hylobates, inhabiting forests in S Asia
Word origin
C18: from French, probably from an Indian dialect wordGibbon in British English
(ˈɡɪbən)
noun
1.
Edward. 1737–94, English historian; author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–88), controversial in its historical criticism of Christianity
2.
Lewis Grassic (ˈɡræsɪk), real name James Leslie Mitchell. 1901–35, Scottish writer: best known for his trilogy of novels A Scots Quair (1932–34)
Gibbon in American English
(ˈgɪbən)
Edward1737-94; Eng. historian
gibbon in American English
(ˈgɪbən)
noun
any of a family (Hylobatidae) of small, slender, long-armed, tree-dwelling, anthropoid apes of India, S China, and the East Indies
Word origin
Fr < native nameImage ofgibbon
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